# Calico Documentation

> Calico documentation for networking, network security, and observability for Kubernetes, including Calico Open Source, Calico Enterprise, and Calico Cloud.

## Top Pages

- [Calico quickstart guide](https://docs.tigera.io/calico/latest/getting-started/kubernetes/quickstart): Quickstart for Calico.
- [Quickstart for Calico Enterprise on Kubernetes](https://docs.tigera.io/calico-enterprise/latest/getting-started/install-on-clusters/kubernetes/quickstart): Install Calico Enterprise on a single-host Kubernetes cluster for testing or development.
- [What happens when you connect a cluster to Calico Cloud](https://docs.tigera.io/calico-cloud/get-started/connect-cluster): Get answers to your questions about connecting to Calico Cloud.
- [Determine best networking option](https://docs.tigera.io/calico/latest/networking/determine-best-networking): Learn about the different networking options Calico supports so you can choose the best option for your needs.
- [Get started with Calico network policy](https://docs.tigera.io/calico/latest/network-policy/get-started/calico-policy/calico-network-policy): Create your first Calico network policies. Shows the rich features using sample policies that extend native Kubernetes network policy.
- [Get started with policy tiers](https://docs.tigera.io/calico-enterprise/latest/network-policy/policy-tiers/tiered-policy): Understand how tiered policy works and supports microsegmentation.
- [Enabling the eBPF data plane](https://docs.tigera.io/calico/latest/operations/ebpf/enabling-ebpf): Step-by-step instructions for enabling the eBPF data plane.
- [Observability and troubleshooting](https://docs.tigera.io/calico-enterprise/latest/observability/): Use Elasticsearch logs for visibility into all network traffic with Kubernetes context.
- [Configure BGP peering](https://docs.tigera.io/calico/latest/networking/configuring/bgp): Configure BGP peering with full mesh, node-specific peering, ToR, and/or Calico route reflectors.
- [System requirements](https://docs.tigera.io/calico-cloud/get-started/system-requirements): Review cluster requirements to connect to Calico Cloud.

## Use Cases

- [Microsegmentation](https://docs.tigera.io/use-cases/microsegmentation): Calico enables robust microsegmentation in Kubernetes environments, offering granular isolation and enhanced security for containerized applications.
- [Observability](https://docs.tigera.io/use-cases/observability): Observability is used to find and troubleshoot issues with workload communications, performance, and operations in a Kubernetes cluster.
- [Egress access controls](https://docs.tigera.io/use-cases/egress-access-controls): A guide for using Calico's egress access controls.
- [Egress gateways](https://docs.tigera.io/use-cases/egress-gateways): Egress gateways can streamline your Kubernetes network security, offering fixed IP management, integration with external firewalls, and detailed traffic auditing to safeguard your deployments.
- [Cluster mesh](https://docs.tigera.io/use-cases/cluster-mesh): Cluster mesh enables cross-cluster communication, service discovery, and federated endpoints in a Kubernetes-native way.

## Product Documentation

- [Calico Open Source llms.txt](https://docs.tigera.io/calico/llms.txt): Index of all Calico Open Source docs
- [Calico Open Source llms-full.txt](https://docs.tigera.io/calico/llms-full.txt): Full Calico Open Source documentation content
- [Calico Cloud llms.txt](https://docs.tigera.io/calico-cloud/llms.txt): Index of all Calico Cloud docs
- [Calico Cloud llms-full.txt](https://docs.tigera.io/calico-cloud/llms-full.txt): Full Calico Cloud documentation content
- [Calico Enterprise llms.txt](https://docs.tigera.io/calico-enterprise/llms.txt): Index of all Calico Enterprise docs
- [Calico Enterprise llms-full.txt](https://docs.tigera.io/calico-enterprise/llms-full.txt): Full Calico Enterprise documentation content